As the government shutdown continues into its second day with no end in sight, agencies are turning to contingency plans for vital services like SNAP.

It's day two of the government shutdown and if it carries on long enough, people who rely on food service programs could ...

As federal support dries up, the lines outside New York City pantries stretch down blocks and around corners. Advocates say the city needs to ramp up funding for its emergency food assistance program ...

Ruth Talbot and Nicole Santa Cruz, photography by Stephanie Mei-Ling for ProPublica ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that ...

Increasing numbers of Americans rely on volunteer-run food pantries. But many of the volunteers are elderly. There's a shortage of young volunteers who can manage the physical work involved.

The federal government’s withholding of that Congressionally appropriated funding is “illegal” and being challenged in courts ...

U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer speaks during a news conference in Buffalo eariler this year about Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funding reductions. There is a host of uncertainty surrounding ...

Philabundance said federal cuts to nutrition programs have already dramatically reduced their funding — and warned that proposed changes in Congress could further exacerbate food insecurity. The group ...